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What technology did Zenter use to build their service? Python? Java? I'm just wondering if Google has a preference for certain technologies.
by bk 19y ago
What technology did Zenter use to build their service? Python? Java? I'm just wondering if Google has a preference for certain technologies.
- nostrademons 19y agoSomebody asked Chris Sacca (one of Google's main acquisition guys) this at the first Startup School. His answer was "Build it in whatever language will let you get to market and start getting users fastest. Usually when Google buys a company, we have to rewrite all the code anyway to take advantage of Google's infrastructure and scale to millions of users." This doesn't answer your question about Zenter, but it should about Google...
- SwellJoe 19y agoIt's predominantly JavaScript. I believe the back end is Java.
- paulgb 19y agoI think you are right. Whois.sc cached the server response headers before Google switched the server, and it was "Apache/2.2.4 (Unix) DAV/2 mod_jk/1.2.21 SVN/1.4.4". mod_jk is a Tomcat connector, so it would make sense that the site would be written in Java.